A new statement issued on Shields’ behalf on Monday reads: “(Shields) was bumped into by Jack McCollough and Kiefer Sutherland became concerned. … Kiefer has always been a gentleman in her company.”

Meanwhile Sutherland’s attorney Michael Miller has issued a statement in the actor’s defense: “We are troubled by the untruthful and self-serving information circulating regarding Kiefer Sutherland and events of last Monday evening. We are confident, however, that the investigation being conducted by the Manhattan District

Attorney’s Office and the NYPD will confirm that Kiefer Sutherland was neither the instigator nor a wrongdoer in this incident.”

Sutherland, who is currently under a probation order in Los Angeles relating to a 2007 conviction for driving under the influence, faces a $1,000 fee and up to a year in jail if convicted of the third-degree assault charge.